Use the excerpt from the Television Decoder Circuitry Act of 1990 to answer the question.

Question

"SEC. 3. Section 303 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C.
303) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "Require that apparatus designed to receive TV pictures broadcast simultaneously with sound be equipped with built-in de-coder circuitry designed to display closed-captioned tTV transmissions when such apparatus is manufactured in the United States or imported for use in the United States, and its TV picture screen is 13 inches or greater in size."
Which of the following best describes a government action to assist closed captioning?
(1 point)
it required that digital TVs would also have closed captioning decoder technology.
It required that governmental agencies provide closed captioning for internal and external videos.
It required companies to provide closed captioning for broadcasts distributed on the internet.
It required all manufacturers of 13-inch or larger TVs to include built-in decoder circuitry for receiving closed captioning broadcasts.

Answer 1

The option that best describes a government action to assist closed captioning, based on the excerpt from the Television Decoder Circuitry Act of 1990, is:

It required all manufacturers of 13-inch or larger TVs to include built-in decoder circuitry for receiving closed captioning broadcasts.

This aligns with the amendment in the act specifying that TVs manufactured or imported for use in the United States must have the necessary decoder circuitry for closed captions.